Depending on what weekend you hit, Fort Lauderdale may be a better bet than Miami. No normal camping, it is a city, except for (a) RV parks (b) County Parks. Some county parks have tent only camping, or rental tents like in Quiet Waters Park in Broward County (Near Fort Lauderdale).

http://www.broward.org/Parks/FindAPark/Pages/Default.aspxSome parks have camping, ALL will require a car ride to the beach. Busy weekend so book ahead.

There are some State Parks that have camping all the way down in the Florida keys. If you want sleep you want a site well away from highway.

If you want to camp within walking distance of the beach you need to look further north in Florida.

Has anyone here ever had any problems wearing mesh swimwear on South Beach? I have a black, fine mesh Joe Snyder bikini cut that I've worn there without incident. It is pretty see through within I'd say 10 feet, but probably not when at a distance of more than 20 feet. However I haven't done much walking around in it. I'm usually just there early weekday mornings to sun tan. Usually aren't very many around and aside for the occasional quick dip in the water I'm usually laying down. This trip I'm thinking of walking a bit more along the water and probably to and from the bathrooms, showers etc. Just wondering if I can leave my coverup shorts off for these walks or not.

Depends on how big the holes are in the mesh. I've worn tiny Skinz roman g-strings unlined mesh on South Beach with zero issues. However the size of the mesh holes are tiny so it's not really see-thru when dry but can be quite sheer when wet. Taking walks shouldn't be a problem, especially in the mornings. On South Beach as long as you're wearing something it's generally fine.

Anyone know of any good swimwear shops to buy some nice suits for the wife and I in the SoBe area. Tried googling it, and only found a couple of gay/lez specialty shops, not that i am opposed to shopping there also..

@Lindos these are a very fine mesh. Think like a window screen. They are excellent for avoiding tan lines as they tan through. Up close you can see everything but at a distance they would just look black. I'm figuring worst case I'll be asked to cover up. I'll have something with me in case but it would be nice not to worry about putting something else on when I have to get up to go to the restroom or cool off in the showers.

I was out again today in front of the Loews hotel near the Boucher Brothers chairs. I think it is 16th street. I counted 8 thongs, 0 g-strings, and 0 topless. There were no others male thongers besides myself. I wore a semi-sheer when wet missle g-string. This was my first time thonging on SB so I picked a spot not too close to anyone. Also, being Monday morning the beach wasn’t very crowded despite the nice weather (until the rain at 3). I definitely heard some giggles and got some looks but no one said or did anything negative. I did go to the water a few times and threw some trash away before finally getting up the nerve to walk to the showers and rinse off. It was as an amazing feeling walking in nothing but a very thin torpedo G-string. There were 6 or 7 girls at the shower area who definitely got a kick out of it. Also once the drizzle started I took off my g-string and laid out nude for about 10 minutes but by then there were only about 4-5 people on the beach around me.

I was out today around 16th street. I was wearing my semi sheer when wet missle/torpedo thong. Not sure the proper name for it. Anyway I was out from 10 am to 2 pm today. Great weather. I can tell you the black girls love me. I had so many black girls talk to me. They were so interested in what I was wearing. One girl probably 23 sat right next to me and asked me where I got my swimsuit. I peeled it down to reveal the tag saying Koala. She loved it and said she loved my assets lol.

Another black girl came upon me (yesterday evening) while I was momentarily tanning nude. All I heard was “ What”. She asked if I was comfortable lol and said I need to take a picture of this. I need my friends to do this.

I went to the shower to cool off and a really cute Latina probably 28 kept looking me up and down. I smiled at her and she said “Nice”. I said thanks. As I was leaving she happened to be sitting on one of the Boucher Brotger chairs and she stopped me. She complimented me on my swimwear and we chatted for a few minutes. Turns out she is local here in SB. I asked her if she had seen others wearing anything similar before. She said “ Like that, no”. She said there is one guy who is “72 who wears a tiny thong and wears wings”. She said she has only seen older guys wearing thongs. She continued by saying I was good since I had a good body. It look ones good on me. She acknowledged that she could see everything when I got out the water but it looked good.

Right after I got stopped by two more black ladies sitting right behind the hot Latina. These ladies were like “ You know your the talk of the beach right?” I was like No, but it’s South Beach so it’s all good. They agreed. They did not take there eyes off my junk the whole time we chatted, lol. Turned out they were from very close to where I was from. Overall it was a great time.

Oh one other time when I was walking around a younger hot Latina asked “is that a bikini?” I said yes and she was smiling ear to ear. She said I’m speechless. Lol.

Another thing worth mentioning. I was approached by the beach patrol at one point. He said try not to have the bikini too low. He said someone complained and “ we have kids here”. He was really cool about it. He said “We didn’t even know you were here but if someone complains we have to do something”. He came across like the complainer was a nuisance.

I’m thinking that the one time I pulled the bikini down exposing maybe an inch of the root for literally 1-2 minutes was what they complained about. It was a couple and their 3-4 yo sitting in the Boucher Brothers chairs about 30 feet behind me.

I experienced no other issues before or after from beach patrol. A couple of negative comments from vagrants though. I just ignored them. One vagrant was like “Sir, sir...” “Telling policia” I’m thinking go right ahead my friend lol. Another vagrant by the showers I heard say something like “that ain’t decent “ or something to that effect. Just ignored him.

Just moments later I had a hot twenty something Latina smiling at me saying “Nice”. I’m headed back in August with the wife. We will will both be in thongs. I’m curious how that dynamic will be.

Your experience mirrors mine over many years, but I rarely have so many folks say something to me or stare so overtly in one outing. Guess that you are younger and in better shape than I. The beach patrol has told me the same thing, that they don't even notice until they have a complaint. While wearing a stocking baggie one day they asked me to wear something so that I wouldn't look nude from the rear when walking on the beach. I now wear a waist strap of string or chain every time I wear a baggie.The vagrants don't bother me on the beach, but when I walk on the beachwalk or go up to take a shower, they are the only source of negative comments.Glad that you had such a wonderful time!

@bmicro yes it was a blast. I can’t wait to go back in early August again. Same thing for me with the vagrants. Always near the shower or beach walk making comments. One other time a female vagrant started yelling about “seeing [my] junk” when I was rinsing off at the shower wearing a pair of white JS squarecut trunks. Yes they were momentarily slightly see thru when wet but again it was the vagrant making a scene. The only other incident I recall was getting propositioned by one on a bicycle. Wouldn’t stop following me until I headed back to the beach. I’ve never worn a baggie before. I wonder if that would garner more or less attention than what I was wearing? I call it a missle or torpedo but it doesn’t stick straight out unless of course I was hard. It is form fitting and really just hangs. The girl I was chatting with said it kind of looked like I wearing just a condom.

I have found that the amount of attention does not have much of a relationship to what you are wearing once you get into the small g-string or less arena. The one exception that I have found is that a one-sided thong seems to attract more comments about being "fashion forward", "bold" or similar comments.

I went to SoBe a few years ago and saw what looked like models jumping out of cars near the beach in g-strings. Was that common? I did not see many thongs on the beach though even if the weather demanded it. This is South Beach I thought? The nude beach at Bal Harbor was better.

That used to be common back in the day when South Beach was the preferred photo shoot location for most photographers and a very large number of models lived in the area. With the increased popularity and cost of the area this has, sadly, decreased significantly.

This review compares late summer of 2017 (pre-Irma) with this summer 2018. Both times I wore teardrop g-strings (from Rubbertreelatex and from Skinz). My very small suits are visible from a distance, opaque, and cover the essentials. Even a small suit you can wear anyplace on the beach makes thongs more acceptable. I was totally ignored by beach patrol and lifeguards.

Beach 2017: very clean and minimal seaweed.

Beach 2018: lots of seaweed, but the maintenance crews were trying to deal with it, so it was a minor problem. The beach wasn’t as clean.

Hotel 2017 and 2018: At the TheHotel the pool staff and other people there didn’t care about my g-string. I got a couple of compliments.

Beach reactions 2017: Overall, I had a very positive experience, with some compliments. There were just a couple of negative reactions, near 4th and 16th streets in 4 days while walking multiple times between the pier and 20th street, but that’s out of many hundreds of beachgoers. I ignored them and didn’t react in response. The beach is well patrolled and I never saw anyone act even close to bothering another person. Only a few people walked the beach like me for exercise. There were lots of families having a good time. They always ignored me.

Beach reactions 2018: Positive experience. No negative reactions. I was mostly ignored. Very few stares. I got several great compliments. No groups of adolescent boys, or adults acting like adolescents. No big groups at all. Families came and set up next to me. More people were walking along the beach this year.

Photographs 2017: It seemed like half of people were taking cell phone pictures or videos, mostly selfies. Some directed at me, from a distance. I got a couple of polite requests for photos.

Photographs 2018: A lot fewer pictures being taken. No requests for photos. As I was passing by some women absorbed in their cell phone, I heard their partner yell, hey look up.

Swimwear 2017: Over 4 days, for women there were maybe 5% thongs. Another 20% had small bikinis/cheekies. I saw just four women with g-strings and the only suits on the beach coming close to as small as mine. On men there were maybe a dozen bikinis, one cheeky bikini. But 10% of men had trunks at mid-thigh. No thongs on guys.

Swimwear 2018: Over 5 days up to 5% of women had thongs. One afternoon while sitting in my beach chair there were 10 women in thongs nearby. Up to 30% had some cheekiness. Three g-strings, but not as small as mine. One was posing for pictures but otherwise covered up. I did see one woman with a g-string as small as mine, but she was a block away from the beach and surrounded by motorcyclists, so it doesn’t count for the beach. Overall, though bottoms are smaller, tops are larger. On men, one afternoon I saw 10 bikinis in a half hour, and 30 total. Bikinis outnumbered square cuts, maybe 20 in all. But swimming trunks (like decades ago) appeared on 20 to 30% of guys. Few board shorts below the knees. Definite trend away from board shorts. No thongs on guys.

Topless 2017: There were a few women topless, like the 5 near me one day in rented beach chairs, but they always covered up to go in the water. Only once did I see a topless woman at the water’s edge, and she looked great.

Topless 2018: None. Even when laying out prone almost no women unfastened their top.

Trend 2018: More swimsuits and minimal coverups being worn on Ocean Dr. and Collins Ave. Plenty of skimpy clothing. I joined in, wearing a revealing tank top with thong bottom covered by a 12 inch mini pareo that barely covered by butt. I got no reactions and not even a stare. Can’t compete.

Marketing trend: more people using spray on sunscreen. At least half of it goes into the atmosphere. Seems like a scam to sell more sunscreen.

Continuing trend: people are getting larger. Maybe 5% could be called trim and fit.

The compliments I get are motivators to stay in shape. So thong wearing for me has provided health benefits.

So I’m carrying the flag for thong wearers and keeping up a presence for others to follow. I’ll continue wearing my small suits, even if no one else is.

Regarding spray on sunscreen - the directions on the can say to spray fro six to eight inches away, and rub it aroud with your hand te evenly spread it around. I don't think I've ever seen anyone actually do this.

Reading these latest replies I can say I´m disappointed to know that SoBe is not the same as in the past for thongs mainly on men. I recall wear it around 1999-2000 there and saw several other men in thongs near me. I´m planning to go back to SoBe early next year with my wife (she wears thong too), but I really don´t want to feel out of place. Any suggestions of hotel/part of the beach where we can wear it without being too noticed? We are not on g-strings, just regular thongs. Or better avoid it? Thanks

There are really not any particular men in thong hot spots. You can find a few men in thongs scattered along the beach (the operative word is few). If you want a place where there will be many men around you in thongs, I do not of any such place in the US, at least. If you want to wear a thong (or anything else for that matter) with no fear of being disturbed or catching the interest of any authorities, south beach is your place. Your wife will, however, be surrounded by other women in thongs.

Thanks bmicro, that´s the answer I was looking for. For me is not so important to be surrounded by other men in thong, is more to not attract too much attention to my swinwear. Just want to be one more in the crowd.

I was at 16th street today and saw Bmicro. He is the ambassador of micro swimwear on Sobe. He was wearing a sheer sling shot. I was wearing a skinz m55 which is my go to suit for the beach, pool, and gym. Went for a walk down to 10th street and saw one other guy wearing a thong. I'll be back on Thursday and Friday. I'm staying at timeshare in Hollywood and the red tide is worst than SoBe.

Recently got to Southbeach for a day in the sun. I went to 8th street and rented a sunlounger. I thought I'd wear a barely legal suit and stay in one location instead of walking around since the beach wasn't too busy that week.
I got a lounger on the front row without an umbrella. I stripped off my shirt and shorts to a baggie sling suit which I call a "choker sling" because the single string up the front, single string up the back loops around my neck to tension properly. There's a missile pouch swinging around suspended by the tension. So I'm there less than a half an hour with people all over the chair rows and out front I was on my stomach head facing away from the water and I roll over and see these two girls about 10 feet from my feet on their blanket also on their stomachs staring at me as I turned over and smiling, whispering to one another. I pretended not to notice and they proceeded to snap away with their phones. Now this suit is a little fussy because I can partially pop out a ball because there's no backward tension on the pouch. I tried to keep my legs together and did have to use my fingers to adjust a bit. Wow--- I know what girls feel like when someone's on "crotch watch" on the beach! They stayed maybe an hour- both wearing thong bikinis. The TIV (thongs in view) factor was 7-10 at all times. Each time a hot girl or girls would arrive--- wow more thongs! That said no one was topless in sight.
The suit got a few comments but really didn't seem like anyone was shocked to see me without a waist band.
This hot tall girl walking down the beach after putting on her shorts over a thong bikini and leaving walked up to me while I was on my back, said "wow- amazing", thumbed her phone screen and took two pictures smiled nodded and walked away.
So I'd say Southbeach still gives the freedom to wear very tiny suits and they're well accepted.

I will be staying in Fort Lauderdale near the beach in February, and always feel comfortable thonging there, thanks to all the info on the thread for FLL. I always hit Haulover, I love skinnydipping. But I think I'd like to go down to SoBe just to see what it's like. I recognize some of the screennames here from another board where guys post their thong-or-less experiences at SoBe. I wouldn't mind trying a little of that myself. I have a couple of g'strings and a one-sided thong. I'm more inclined to set up where there aren't a lot of other people, so is 14-16th street a good spot for that? Anybody got a suggestion for the most-likely-not-to-be-bothered areas for the barest swimwear (BTW, I like the water, I don't want to just hide under an umbrella). Thanks, maybe I'll run into some of you. Al

Most all along Southbeach on a nice day there are people, but south of 5th st where there are condos against the beach there are fewer people. Thongwearers won't be "bothered" at all anywhere! If visiting for the day park at city garage at 7th off Collins and walk over a couple of blocks - it's cheap! I've seen people walk over to the beach in thongs from there before too. G strings are no problem, one sided shouldn't be either, I've walked down the beach in a "semikini" a few years ago and got positive attention, no problems. The lifeguards seem to not pay any mind if you're wearing something!

Less people is a relative term on South Beach. Accept the fact that you will be a lot of people around. That said, as long as you do not look totally nude from any angle (e.g. wear a string around your waist if wearing a baggie) go for what you want to wear. Enjoy!

Alfresco, there isn't a place on South Beach that is secluded. That said I think there's areas which are more favorable for a man in a g-string. I think anywhere between 14th and 23rd works well and between 1st and 3rd is good. I've had no issues wearing sheer-when-wet g-strings in those locations. I think between 5th and 10th is more urban so is not as great for a guy. And as long as you have something on you'll have no problems from authorities.

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